Meat chopper



Nov. 11, 1930. R. K. GULLBERG MEAT CHOPPER Filed June 5, 1935 J a meat chopper capable w screws. The lower latented Nov. 11, 193 I UWWSTMES A /D rect};i

BOY KARL GULLBERG, or. DAYTON, orrro, ASSIGNOR 'ro DAYTON soALE-oo /LrANYflF ioAY'ron, 01 .10, a CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY 1 MEAT onorrna Application filed. June 3, 1925. Serial No. 34,571. i

This invention relates to meat choppers and more particularly to their mode of operation and construction.

Y The object of this invention is to provide of being easily and quickly detached from a table and which is driven by a motor mounted on a frame beneath the table.

Another object is to design the meat L chopper so that'its driving mechanism shall be fully protected and render an interference therewith or injury therefrom impossible.

Another object is to provide athrust hearing for the meat chopper which is independent of the meat advancing screw so that no particles of meat can become lodged within the bearing and interfere with its function, the screw also being subject to removal for cleaning purposes without disturbing the setting of the bearing.

l inother object is to provide a thrust bearing which may be easily removed from its supporting structure, and, when in position, be conveniently adjusted by external appurtenances.

Further and other objects will appear hereinafter as the invention is disclosed and claimed.

The illustration which discloses the present invention which I now consider to be the column 1 fora meat chopper'2 mounted on frame 3 secured to the bottom side of a table top a by any suitable means, such as end of the pedestal sits firmly upon a finished face 5 of the frame and its cylindrical end fits closely'within ring 6 which may be fastened to the table top. The pedestal is sufficiently long to permit the placing of ordinary containers under the chopper and its shank is hollow for the purposeof enclosing a driving chain or belt 7. At the top of the hollow column which is closed, is hub portion 8 for supporting the chopper 2 and the left end of a short shaft 9. The other end of this shaft is supported in a hub 10 in a circular plate 11 which is fastened to the pedestal by means-of machine screws 12.

The usual sleeves of bearing metal are provided between the shaft and supporting hubs.

preferred form comprises a pedestal or it carries a race ring 13 and a disk to ,hold said ring in place. Encireling this ring is another ring 14 whiehmay be moved axially of 1ts axis inan annularrec'ess in plate 11.

This last named ring is ldesignedto-takeiall axial "thrust exerted by the meat advancing screw on shaft9 and the ballfbearings and its position is adjustable'by means of'a nut V or follower 15 threaded in hub'16 of plate 11.

This nut may be rotated by a knurled knob 17 to the desired longitudinal setting of shaft 9. By the provision of a knurled knob 17 y by means of which longitudinal adjustment of shaft 20 may be made, the operator is enabled to vary the fineness of out without the use of a special tool by merely turning the knob situated at the end of "the shaft opposite the cutting blades. This adjustment v may be made during operation and without the necessity for cleaning the various parts such as blades 18 and disc 19.

The front end of the meat advancing screw end of shaft 9' so that when this shaft is driven the screw will be rotated. The chopper itself is held from rotary motion bya fixed screw 22 and its dislodgment from the pedestal is prevented by a winged screw 23.

The motor used may be of any standard construction and it is suspended from frame 3 by means of screws. A flexible coupling consisting of a fibrousmaterial 24 forms the between the rotor shaft r and shaft 25 to which is secured pinion 26 which drives gear 27 on countershaft 28. H

connecting means The right end of shaft 25 is journaled in shaft 29 which is coaxial. Turning with gear 2 7 is a pinion 30 which drives shaft 29 by means of gear 31. ;To shaft 29 is fixed a gear or sprocket motion to gear 33 fixed to shaft 9 by means of a connecting noiseless chain or belt 7. Gear 03 is fixed to shaft 9 slidably by means of key so that shaft 9 may be moved longiv7 The right hand endofshaft is of smaller diameter than the central bearing length andwheel 32, which transmits I tudinally in accordance With the adjustment of a thrust" bearing Without causing axial movement of the gear Wheel. I Shafts '25, 28an'd 29 aresuitably mount-ed infav frame casting 3st and cover-plate 35. 'For disassemblingthesegears the cover plate .'may he removed and screws 36 are provided :for facilitating Whatever access is necessary. What I-claim isz .10 1. "In a grinder wherein a shaft is provided co-axial with and drivinga feed screw for the meat, a'casing having a reduced portionv in which said shaft is journaled, a hearing elementwcarried by oneend 0f'the shaft,' a c00perat'ing bearingelement carried by/the 1 casing, friction-reducingfelements positioned between the bearing elements, a gear keyed to the shaft for rotating the shaft, said casv ing'having an enlarged portion surrounding the'gear' and said reduced portion of the easingiforaccoinmodating the gear, "and said 7 bearing elements. being formed'ivith vertical and h'orilzontal jwalls'to resist radial and end 7 t t r s s of t s aft" 1 2. -'I n"a' grinder such as definedfi'n' claim 7 '1, said"casingterminating in' a reduced-col- 'la'r internally threaded;and'ja finger knob i threaded-to cooperate with the collar threads r sand havingit s inner end engaged fwith'one of the hearing elenients and adapted to ther'e t by iax iallyadjust the 'shaft and the feed 7 screw said, gear being 'slidably keyed to the lshaft-to permit the'faXial adjustment of the atter. i i

nature- Y Y L GULLBERG.

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